Men commonly think according to their inclinations speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions but generally act according to custom
Francis Bacon
We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
Carl Sandburg
Without a struggle there can be no progress.
Frederick Douglass
If you aren't in over your head how do you know how tall you are?
T. S. Eliot
We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
Jonathan Swift
People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless I shall destroy him.
Robert Kennedy
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
Erma Bombeck
The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.
Marcel Proust
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
Kin Hubbard
Fools admire but men of sense approve.
Alexander Pope
